Photo: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0In Whaddon, 6.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
25% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Higher than in 93% of UK towns: 54% of households live in a detached house. The 2021 Census put Whaddon’s population at 2,283, in 970 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.4%.
Older than 74% of UK towns: half of Whaddon is over 47.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 25%, more than in 70% of UK towns. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students: 4%, a lower share than 85% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Whaddon has 8%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Whaddon ranks below 71% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 25%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Wiltshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5% of the total.
4.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 87% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households in terraced houses: 15%, below 70% of UK towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 58% of UK towns, at 7.3%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Whaddon, 98%. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%).
Above 82% of UK towns: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 93% of Whaddon · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Bangladeshi (0.4%). 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 55% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of residents with no religion is 38%, against 37% across England’s towns.
Whaddon ranks above 90% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 56%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.9% here, more than in 65% of UK towns. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Whaddon’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Whaddon are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whaddon | 2,283 | — | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Downton | 2,952 | 3.3 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Salisbury | 47,690 | 3.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 26% |
| Redlynch and Woodfalls | 2,446 | 4 mi | 53.4 | 31% | 24% |
| Old Sarum | 4,013 | 5.1 mi | 31.8 | 6.3% | 49% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 5.1 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Wilton | 4,300 | 6.4 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 23% |
| West Wellow | 1,584 | 7.8 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Wiltshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Wiltshire (or England), summed the same way as Whaddon’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Whaddon’s residents
What is the population of Whaddon?
The 2021 Census counted 2,283 people in Whaddon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whaddon?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whaddon?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whaddon?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Whaddon good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whaddon’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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